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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/formatting.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/formatting.c
index e7e82a1b148..cc4f8137db0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/formatting.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/formatting.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
/* -----------------------------------------------------------------------
* formatting.c
*
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/formatting.c,v 1.168 2010/02/26 02:01:08 momjian Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/formatting.c,v 1.169 2010/03/03 22:28:42 momjian Exp $
*
*
* Portions Copyright (c) 1999-2010, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
@@ -2671,10 +2671,12 @@ DCH_from_char(FormatNode *node, char *in, TmFromChar *out)
s += SKIP_THth(n->suffix);
break;
case DCH_Q:
-
/*
- * We ignore Q when converting to date because it is not
- * normative.
+ * We ignore 'Q' when converting to date because it is
+ * unclear which date in the quarter to use, and some
+ * people specify both quarter and month, so if it was
+ * honored it might conflict with the supplied month.
+ * That is also why we don't throw an error.
*
* We still parse the source string for an integer, but it
* isn't stored anywhere in 'out'.